Dr. Michael Rosenblum, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency, was invited to join the steering committee of the PCMHI—a statewide initiative to create a more efficient and effective model of health care delivery. PCMHI, started in 2009, seeks to address care fragmentation, challenges associated with the increasing prevalence of chronic disease, and a potential shortage of primary care physicians.

In a patient-centered medical home, the primary care provider team coordinates all of a patient's health needs, including management of chronic conditions, visits to specialists, hospital admissions, and reminders about check-ups and tests.

Health New England is one of the participating payers, and Baystate's High Street Health Center-Adult Medicine, High Street Health Center-Pediatric Medicine, and Mason Square Neighborhood Health Center are among the 46 sites chosen from the 84 primary care sites that applied to participate in PCMHI.

This article was published in the June 2011 Academics@Baystate newsletter.